Daily Archives: March 5, 2012

Judicial agents have detained a 25-year-old man to face an allegation that he killed a 5-year-old girl. Agents said the crime happened in August when several persons fired on a car being driven by the girl’s father. This happened in … Continue reading →

The community of Tucurrique will host the III Expo Feria Nacional de Palmito y Mini Vegetales from March 16 to 19. The community is in the canton of Jiménez in the province of Cartago. The Centro Agrícola Cantona, the organizers, … Continue reading →

The Sala IV constitutional court has ordered the executive branch to freeze action on the new tobacco law because the magistrates have accepted an appeal from 10 lawmakers. The lawmakers appealed but the legislature passed the measure for the second … Continue reading →

The situation improved for the nearly 200 fire fighters trying to control the smoky bush blaze in the Parque Nacional Chirripó. Sunday the fire crews managed to close the gap in a fire break and thereby contained the blaze. Crews … Continue reading →

Belly dancers filled the Ministerio de Cultura y Juventud Saturday and Sunday as hundreds of dancers gathered to perform for the Feria Artes Arabé. The Middle Eastern music was heard from Parque Morazán where the Transitarte art festival was being … Continue reading →

If you read any literature on fishing in Costa Rica, you are probably reading about offshore bill fishing, or at the least, ocean fishing. That’s because fishing in Costa Rica is almost synonymous with sport fishing. Of course there are … Continue reading →

The U.N. human rights office has welcomed the news that a Guatemalan judge rejected the claim that a former dictator is protected under an amnesty law from being tried on genocide charges. The dictator, Efrain Rios Montt, 85, was in … Continue reading →

Officers of the Policía de Control de Drogas say they have discovered and destroyed a hydroponics marijuana operation in Cauhita. Two men were detained. Police said they destroyed at least 500 plants of a high-grade species of the plant. The … Continue reading →

The Central Valley is in the grip of a cold wave. Sort of. The Instituto Meteorological Nacional said that the mercury bottomed out at 13.9 degrees C. Friday morning. The weather experts said this was a record for the year. … Continue reading →

A man identified as a U.S. citizen confronted a would-be car thief Sunday morning and killed the man with a knife, said the Judicial Investigating Organization. The fatal encounter took place in La Fortuna de San Carlos near the local … Continue reading →

Public employee union officials will be meeting at Casa Presidencial today, and they will tell central government officials that they have rejected a draft of a proposal that was put together a week ago. The union leaders met with President … Continue reading →